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Eric Close
Born Eric Randolph Close
May 24, 1967 (1967-05-24) (age 42)
Staten Island, New York, United States

Eric Close (born May 24, 1967, Staten Island, New York) is an American film and television actor.

His father is an orthopedic surgeon, and Close is the eldest of three brothers. His family moved to Indiana, then to Michigan, and finally settled in San Diego when Close was seven years old.

Close graduated with a B.A. in Communications at the University of Southern California in 1989, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He married his wife Keri in 1995 and has two daughters, Katie and Ella. They are members of the Brentwood Presbyterian Church.[1]

Close was interested in acting from an early age and had some stage experience in school, but did not decide to pursue an acting career until after college. His first role was in a theater production Rat Songs in L.A., after which he was offered a part in the film American Me (1992) and Safe House directed by Elena Mannus. He had a brief stint in daytime when he played Sawyer Walker on NBC's daytime drama Santa Barbara.

He returned to the stage with Thanksgiving Cries. He has had many guest appearances on television, and landed leading roles on such shows as McKenna (one season, 1994-1995), Dark Skies (one season, 1996-1997), The Magnificent Seven (two seasons, 1998-1999), Now and Again (one season, 1999-2000), and the Steven Spielberg produced miniseries Taken (2002).

Close had formerly co-starred on CBS's Without a Trace as FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald.

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Films and TV movies

  • Keeping Secrets (TV) 1992 as young Michael (uncredited)
  • American Me 1992 as Juvie Hall Attacker
  • Taking Liberty 1993
  • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" (TV) 1994 as Telamon
  • Without Consent (TV) 1994 as David Mills
  • Long Island Fever (TV) 1995 as Scott Parks
  • The Stranger Beside Me (TV) (1995) as Chris Gallagher
  • The Sky Is Falling 2000 as Mike
  • Follow the Stars Home (TV) 2001 as Mark McClure
  • Taken (miniseries) 2002 as John
  • Alvarez and Cruz 2003 as Charlie
  • NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 (TV) 2004 as Tom Price
  • Saving Angelo 2007 as Dad

Television

  • MacGyver (1 episode) 1991 as Guard
  • Major Dad (1 episode) 1992 as Jim
  • Santa Barbara (22 episodes) 1992-1993 as Sawyer Walker
  • McKenna (3 episodes) 1994-1995 as Brian McKenna
  • Sisters (12 episodes) 1995-1996 as William "Billy" Griffin
  • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1 episode) 1997 as Telamon
  • Dark Skies (19 episodes) 1996-1997 as John Loengard
  • Now and Again (22 episodes) 1999-2000 as Michael Wiseman
  • The Magnificent Seven (22 episodes) 1998-2000 as Vin Tanner
  • Without a Trace (160 episodes) 2002-2009 as Agent Martin Fitzgerald
  • Kim Possible (1 episode) 2005 as Crash Cranston
  • Storyline Online (1 episode) 2003
  • Seven Deadly Sins 2010 series
  • Chaos Upcoming CBS series[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.celebitchy.com/17110/eric_close_of_without_a_trace_visits_africa/
  2. ^ "Casting Call". TV Guide. March 15-21, 2010. 

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